Banana-holder.



No. 760,224- PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

- E. w. LYONS.

BANANA HOLDER.

APPLICATION mum NOV. 2a, 1903.

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Patented May 17, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ENOS WALTER LYONS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BANANA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,224, dated May 17,1904. Application filed November 23, 1903. Serial No. 182,321. (Nomodel.)

To (1,7 7, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENos WALTER LYoNs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented a new and Improved Banana-Holder, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding bananas orsimilar fruit for transportation, an object being to provide a devicefor this purpose of simple construction, inexpensive, and in which thefruit may be readily handled without danger of breaking or other damage.

I will describe a banana-holder embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a bananaholder embodying my invention,and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof.

The supporting-frame comprises cornerposts 1, attached at the upper endsto a rectangular frame 2 and at the lower end to rectangular frames 34:, the whole structure being braced by crossed bars 5. Arranged in theframe is a bag 6, the lower end of which is conical, so as toconformsubstantially to the lower end of a bunch of bananas. The upperend is open, and when the bunch of bananas is inserted the stem 7thereof is secured in the open end of the bag by means of a cord 8. Thebag 6 is provided with loops 9, consisting of canvas or other suitablematerial stitched .at the'edges to the bag and engaging around thecorner-posts 1. The loops 9 extend substantially the entire length ofthe bag-body, thus preventing collapsing between the ends, and the bodyis held from downward movement by securing the upper ends of the loopsbetween the corner-posts and the upper frame.

It will be noted in Fig. 2 that there is a suitable distance between thebag and the supporting-frame. Therefore there is no danger of the fruitcoming in contact with the frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A holder for bananas or the like, comprising asupporting-frame having corner-posts and rectangular frame members atthe upper and lower ends, crossed braces, a bag, and loops attached tosaid bag and engaging around the corner-posts and secured between thecorner-posts and the upper rectangular frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ENOS WALTER LYONS.

Witnesses:

O'rrro P. KAI-IDAYE, NICHOLAS J. SonMrrz.

